Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Portugal 
Elderly Home

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its Portugal Elderly Home Competition!

This event tasked participants with designing a retirement home on a sloping site in central Portugal to house 60 residents and ten support staff. The brief outlined a program which included features such as a small library, a gathering room, a chapel, a kitchen, and a dining room, as well as a private area that could function as a nurse's room and therapy room for psychological support. The competition was designed to seed innovative ideas for housing an aging population.

Buildner collaborated with a regional and international jury boasting a broad range of experiences: Ricardo Gomes is partner of Portugal-based KWY.studio; Samuel Gonçalves is the founder of SUMMARY, an architectural practice based in Porto, Portugal which was selected as the 2020 “The Emerging Architect of the Year” by Dezeen readers; Tiago Krusse is a professional journalist with more than 22 years of experience writing about design, architecture and art, and is manager of a digital media group that holds the publications Design Magazine, Design Magazine Brasil and architectura MAGAZINE; Marta Frazão and Inês Vicente are partners at Atelier Data, a Lisbon-based office; Tudor Radulescu is Partner and Co-founder of KANVA, a Montreal-based multidisciplinary architectural firm whose work is at the forefront of thinking, imagining, drawing and constructing collective space; Catarina Ribeiro is a co-founder of merooficina, a Porto-based office; Lera Samovich is an architect at Fala Atelier in Porto, Portugal; and Robert van Kats is an architect and partner at bkvv architecten, an architectural practice based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Buildner and its jury panel would like to thank each of the participants from around the world that submitted ideas to this event.

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Ricardo Gomes

Partner, KWY.studio

Portugal

Samuel Gonçalves

Founder, SUMMARY

Portugal

Tiago Krusse

Design Magazine

Portugal

Marta Frazão

Partners at Atelier Data

Portugal

Catarina Ribeiro

Founder of Merooficina

Portugal

Lera Samovich

Fala Atelier

Portugal

Inês Vicente

Partners at Atelier Data

Portugal

Robert van Kats

bkvv architecten

Netherlands

Tudor Radulescu

Partner and Co-founder of KANVA

Canada

1st Prize Winner +
Client Favorite

Project name

Casa das Oliveiras

One brief, multiple answers. Competitions broaden our views, revealing the multitude of approaches that can be taken to address the same question, thus transforming it into a powerful learning experience.

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Authors
Natalia Maslennikova
Sara Martins
Alecsandra Trofin
Country
Portugal
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 9/10 Annotation
  • 9/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Jardim do Sobreiro

Architecture competitions provide an opportunity for Atelier L’Abri to explore new ideas, foster innovation, and showcase the workshop's creative capabilities and expertise.

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Author
Atelier L'abri
Country
Canada
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 8/10 Annotation
  • 8/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

The Terrace

We join the competition for the reason that it provides us with a platform to inspire our passion and create works freely. Architects often face multiple restrictions in their routine work due to various reasons. However, in this competition, we can delve deeper into current social issues and problems, giving more attention to the context of our designs. By enhancing our design philosophy and updating traditional design styles, we strive to pursue optimal solutions.

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Authors
Dian Luo
Xiang Liu
Guisong Zhang
Country
China
  • 9/10 Linework
  • 9/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 7/10 Annotation
  • 8/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 9/10 Quality of overall presentation

BUILDNER STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Elderly oasis

We appreciate the fact that competitions contribute to the creation of new and high-quality projects. For the client, this means having access to multiple answers for a specific brief, which enhances the quality of the final design by validating it through various solutions. Simultaneously, we embrace competition as it stimulates our interest in the perspectives of other architects and the diversity of ideas. It is highly positive that architectural competitions are gaining prominence these days and encompass a wide range of interesting briefs at different scales.

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Authors
Samuel Andrejcak
Jakub Ceresnik
Lukas Bim
Country
Slovakia
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 8/10 Annotation
  • 9/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

BUILDNER SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Project name

Embrace

Competition projects serve as the perfect laboratory for us to imagine and test new ideas, serving various purposes. For the organizer/initiator of the competition, we strive to present a different, unique, yet always fitting and realistic idea to address the challenges of the design brief. For a broader audience, we aim to create inviting, understandable, and compelling design proposals that facilitate discussions on specific socially relevant subjects. Personally, competitions provide us with a method to push ourselves further, expand our knowledge as a design team, and specialize in a particular area within architecture. In this case, the focus is on elderly housing and the relationship and impact of the built environment on a person's well-being through eco-friendly design.

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Authors
Christian Meezen
Adrian Martinez Morcillo
Idris Bahadur
Country
Netherlands
  • 8/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 10/10 Annotation
  • 10/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Patium "Elderly retirement"

Authors
Carlos Aridane Gonzalez Cuervo
Rafał Matusik
Jakub Masłowski
Justyna Masłowska
Country
Spain
Project name

Mosaics of Daily Life

Author
Virginia Lucía Chavarría Elvir
Country
Nicaragua
Project name

O Pavilhão

Authors
Quentin Roy
Samuel Cabiron
Country
France
Project name

The local park

Authors
Manh Nguyen Hoang
Long Nguyen Quoc
Huy Nguyen The
Minh Mai Ngoc
Country
Vietnam
Project name

Terrace

Authors
Tianyu Zhang
Huilian Tang
Zhiwei Liu
Country
Germany
Project name

Andorinha de Areia

Authors
Jeroen Mensink
André de Hoop
Salomé Suarez Vilas
Shane Kemp
Country
Netherlands

Shortlisted projects

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"Arches of Tranquility: Elderly Residence Project"

Alborz Nazari
Madison Young
United States

EXPANSIVE LANDSCAPE

Nicholas Holanda
Kaique Xavier
Gustavo murilo Pessini
Manuel eduardo López
Brazil

Circulos da Vida

Ramon Yepez
Anastasia Carvallo
Venezuela

TOGETHER

Muhan Li
China

Casa Povo

Agustín Larrosa
Santiago Arizcun
Gastón Palermo

Universidad ORT Uruguay (Campus Center)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Uruguay

Town-Homes: Structuring the Social and Solitary

Tucker Douglas
Taylor Halamka
United States

HOLM OAK COMMUNITY

Yanis Newman-pache

The University of Melbourne

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Australia

Elderly oasis

Samuel Andrejcak
Jakub Ceresnik
Lukas Bim

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU)

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Slovakia

ATRIUM

Noui Sara
Hugo Chassard
Charlotte Fontaine

Ami studio

France

Braided Homes

Madeline Engen
Carla Engen
Canada

The Shape of Home

Zhenting Jiang
United Kingdom

Avô

Vlad Olaru
Alexandru Călin
Andra Drăgan
Bogdan Mihăilă
Romania

Embrace

Christian Meezen
Adrian Martinez Morcillo
Idris Bahadur

ROP Architects

Netherlands

PINHA

Maral Günenç tıkıroğlu
Ezgi Kalender
Deniz Topaloğlu
Zeynep yasemin Değermenci
Turkey

Jardim do Sobreiro

Atelier L'abri
Canada

Portuguese home for the elderly

向磊 丁
玉楠 张
佳怡 毛
卓杰 李
China

Our Little Farm

Ahmed Elmaghraby
Egypt

Terrace

Tianyu Zhang
Huilian Tang
Zhiwei Liu
Germany

The Terrace

Dian Luo
Xiang Liu
Guisong Zhang
China

Saudade

David Rodriguez
Mariela Lugo
Brian Torres
Fernando Irizarry

Partner Studio llc

Puerto Rico

Now and together

Konstantin Kim
Austria

Vida na Colina

Dara edrei Zilli garcía
Regina Mestre vargas

Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Mexico

O Pavilhão

Quentin Roy
Samuel Cabiron
France

Casa do planalto

Oskar Stare
Julius Andersson

Andersson & Stare Arkitekter

Sweden

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE

Andrea Bergamini
Italy

sensitivity to needs. eldery home in Portugal

Patryk Włodarczyk

Cracow University of Technology (Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

portugal elderly home...a little village

Paweł Gacek
Poland

Trinitas

Sabrina De sousa carriço
Fiorella Rapisarda
France

Home of New Horizons

Tamás Herczeg
Hungary

Active ageing

Kristina Klimova

Pe.Pl.CULT

Kazakhstan

Elderly Home Portugal

Nadav Gefen- furestain
Neta Gefen-Grinbaum
Israel

Patium "Elderly retirement"

Carlos Aridane Gonzalez Cuervo
Rafał Matusik
Jakub Masłowski
Justyna Masłowska
Spain

Andorinha de Areia

Jeroen Mensink
André de Hoop
Salomé Suarez Vilas
Shane Kemp
Netherlands

The local park

Manh Nguyen Hoang
Long Nguyen Quoc
Huy Nguyen The
Minh Mai Ngoc

MIA Design Studio

Vietnam

Casa De Jardim

Geza Gyetvai
Solongo Batsaikhan
János Szőke

Buda-Office KFT

Hungary

Returning Home

Inês Guilherme
Leonor Teixeira
Luísa Maruny

Porto School of Architecture , Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Portugal

Mosaics of Daily Life

Virginia Lucía Chavarría Elvir
Nicaragua

Casa das Oliveiras

Natalia Maslennikova
Sara Martins
Alecsandra Trofin
Portugal

WHITE BLOCKS

Koki Masumi
Makoto Wada
Japan

deference

Ana rita Gomes
Samuel Leite
Nide Marques dos santos
Portugal